Collar turner and edger.



No. 691,029. Patented Ian. l4, I902. E. WEBER.

COLLAR TURNER AND EDGER.

(Application fi1ed"Apr. 10. 1901.]

(No Model.)

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COLLAR TURNER AND EDGIER.

SPEGJLFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,029, dated January 14, 1902.

Application filed April 10, 1901. Serial No. 55,270. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD VVEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collar Turners and Edgers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a collar turner and edger and is attachable to polishingirons for use in laundries or elsewhere.

The objects of my improvement are to provide means to turn shirt-collars into complete circles for the neck and simultaneously smooth their top edges and to apply the heat and pressure to the collars according to their different conditions of form, thickness, and dampness. These objects are attained in the following-described manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in operative position on a polishing-iron; Fig. 2, a side elevationof the rear portion of an iron with my device attached, and Fig. 3 shows the device adjusted on the heel of the iron in a vertical position and out of operative position.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary polishing-iron form ed with handle B and with a rounded heel 0. Metal plate D is removably secured against the heel or rear end of the iron by means of pivot-screw E, and arm F, formed with a convex surface G, is extended laterally from the plate, parallel with the heel of the iron, and terminates beyond one of the sides thereof. Lug H, formed on the edge of the plate, is tapered from the base of the arm and terminates against the heel of the iron in such manner as to form a V-shaped notch I with the arm. Clamping-screw J, inserted through open slot K, which is formed through the plate on an arc concentric with the pivot-screw, serves to maintain the plate, with the end of the arm thereon, in difierent positions of vertical adjustment. The arm is kept hot by the contact of the plate with the iron, and it should be highly polished and preferably plated.

In operation the collar (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2) is placed on an ironing-board L and the iron moved in a forward direction lengthwise thereon. After the rounded heel of the iron is passed beyond the end of the collar it is guided in an upward direction and through the space M between the arm and the iron, with its top edge in contact with the bottom of notch I. The continued forward movement of the iron causes the arm carried thereby to turn the collar in the form of a perfect circle, and the top edge of the collar is made smooth by sliding contact with the bottom of notch I. The collars may be turned to circles of different sizes by the adjustment of the plate, with the end of the arm thereon, in different positions of elevation. When not in use, the arm may be secured in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3, and the iron used for ordinary purposes.

Owing to the control by the operator of the speed and pressure of the iron, collars in dif-' ferent conditions of dampness and of different forms and thickness may be finished in a more perfect manner than it is possible to do with power-formers that are not adjust able in speed and pressure to the various conditions of the different collars and their forms and thickness.

Having fully described my improvement, what I'claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In combination, a pivotallymounted plate, an arm formed thereon, a tapering lug on the plate forming a V-shaped notch with the base of the arm, and means to secure the plate with the arm in different positions of elevation with respect to the heel of a polishing-iron.

2. The combination with an arm pivotally mounted and formed with a V-shaped notch on one side of its base, of means to secure the arm in different positions of adjustment on the heel of the polishing-iron and parallel therewith.

3. The combination with a polishing-iron,

of an arm pivotally secured thereto in a horizontal position a short distance from and parallel with the heel thereof and extended lat orally beyond one side of said iron.

4. An attachment to a polishing-iron, comprising a plate with an arm having convex surface and a lug on the plate tapered from the base of said arm to form with said arm a V-shaped notch, said plate being formed with an open-ended slot, as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD WEBER. Witnesses: R. S. CARR, IRA S. MILLIKIN. 

